Daily Giz Wiz 30: Sony Betamax
Episode 30 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of Sony Betamax |
| Released: | Friday 31 March 2006 |
| Length: | about 8 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0030.mp3 (3.7 MB) |
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The Sony Betamax SL-7200. It could record for an hour, with no timer functions. All the way from 30 years ago. Later Sony introduced a 24-hour one-event timer for $45 as an option. Then it released the X2 which could record for 2 hours.BetaStack
It was an "auto-changer" for Betamax tapes, from 1981. It was Sony's answer to VHS's longer recording times. Don't miss Dick's description of how the BetaStack went about its business.
(source: insidedgw.vox.com)
